Ideas

Canada has a small but growing number of Indigenous architects and Indigenous designers working in allied fields such as interior design, planning and…

“… a space that is somehow meaningfully organized and on the very point of speech, a kind of articulated thinking that fails to reach its ultimate translation…

There has been a major shift since the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 2015 report, with its 94 calls to action. While we are still in…

What sleight of hand is required to create a richly comprehensive book, when the subject is just four small projects? Meticulous writing, excellent…

INTERVIEWER Adele Weder Nina-Marie Lister has made a career of embedding nature within the design of our daily lives. As founder of the studio Plandform and…

Architects are usually focused on the beginning of buildings, paying little attention to their end. But as climate impacts worsen, it’s a reckoning they’ll…

For many, the term “heritage” applies exclusively to older buildings. Most municipalities in Canada will only consider properties that are at least 40 years…

Designing for the circular economy is one thing, says artist and researcher Andrea Ling. But how do you deconstruct a product like a window, set in a vinyl…

The worsening global climate crisis impacts architecture and society to a magnitude that is nearly impossible to overstate. To provide proactive leadership to…

Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the nature of work has shifted in Canada. This shift has affected how the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada…

“A Section of Now” is on now and is about now. Conceived as a cross section of contemporary life from the last four decades or so, this provocative show…

Modern Architecture (Fifth Edition) By Kenneth Frampton (Thames & Hudson, 2020) Modern Architecture and the Lifeworld: Essays in Honor of Kenneth…